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<br />State General Election Signage. The state legislature adopted statutory <br />language that expands the allowance for campaign (and other non-commercial <br />speech) signage in a general election year (even-numbered years) to provide for <br />unlimited size and number of election campaign signs from a period that begins <br />46 days before a state-wide primary to 10 days following the general election. <br />(See MN Stat. Section 211B.045). During this period, campaign signs may be <br />posted in any size and number. However, such signs are still required to comply <br />with local prohibitions related to right of way and other location-based limitations <br />(trees, utility poles, etc). <br /> <br />Local Election Signage. In contrast to the state general election rules, the <br />same statute provides that purely local elections are regulated by local <br />ordinance. In this case, that section is in St. Anthony’s sign regulations, <br />Section 155.23.F. In this section, the City expands the allowance for non- <br />commercial signs to any number and size, for a period that begins 4 weeks <br />prior to the election date to 5 days following the election. For 2019, that <br />means that campaign sign allowances begin on Tuesday, October 8, and <br />run through Sunday November 10. All such signs are required to be set <br />back from any property line or street curb by at least 10 feet. <br /> <br />As noted above, while the size and number of such campaign-related signage is <br />expanded during this period, signs are still required to comply with the routine limitations <br />that prohibit their posting on utility poles, trees, or within rights of way. Signage can not <br />be placed on private property without the consent of the property owner. Within these <br />limitations, non-commercial signs are allowed without requirement for City permitting. <br />Questions can always be referred to the office of the City Clerk.